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2011 WINNERS CELEBRATE AT PHOENIX AWARDS CEREMONY
PHILADELPHIA, PA. – April 6, 2011 – Real estate developers, environmentalists and other public and private sector professionals honored 11 revitalization projects at The Phoenix Awards Ceremony during Brownfields 2011 in Philadelphia, PA held April 3-5, 2011. Michael Krancer, PA Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and Tom Murphy, Senior Fellow, Urban Land Institute co-hosted the event to celebrate the winners for their accomplishments on projects that spanned the country.
The award winners remediated and redeveloped over 2,787 acres of land while creating or retaining over 8,427 jobs. These sites are now used for major transportation facilities, affordable, senior and veteran and urban housing, and mixed-use complexes with significant community, entertainment and cultural assets that are destinations for both residents and tourists.
Created in 1997, this prestigious award honors individuals and groups working to solve critical environmental or social challenges, transforming blighted and contaminated areas into productive new uses and sustainable development projects. The Phoenix Awards are widely recognized as the outstanding award for achievement of excellence in Brownfield redevelopment, and often are called “the Brownfields equivalent of Hollywood’s Oscar.” The Phoenix Award winners represent outstanding brownfield or environmental projects from each of the 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regions and a project selected for special honors.
The Grand Prize was awarded to the Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park Redevelopment Project, Troutdale, Oregon. Piquette Square for Veterans, Detroit, Michigan was the 1st runner-up winner. The People’s Choice Award was presented to the Former Magic Marker/Gould Battery Site, Trenton, New Jersey which received the most votes from the thousands of conference attendees.
The 2010 winners are:
Region 1: North Berwick Woolen Mill Redevelopment Project, North Berwick, MA
Region 2: Former Magic Marker/Gould Battery Site, Trenton, NJ
Region 3: Lancaster Northwest Gateway/Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, PA
Region 4: Memphis Depot Remediation Project, Memphis, TN
Region 5: Gowdy Field Landfill Redevelopment Project, Columbus, OH
Region 6: City of Oklahoma Landfill/Dell Inc. Property Transfer, Oklahoma City, OK
Region 7: Lemay Riverfront Brownfield Redevelopment Project, Lemay, MO
Region 8: Weber County to Salt Lake City Commuter Rail, Ogden City, UT
Region 9: Marina Gateway Hotel & Commercial Project, National City, CA
Region 10: Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park Redevelopment Project, Troutdale, OR
Community Impact Winner: Piquette Square for Veterans, Detroit, MI
The awards are open to any individual, group, company, organization, government body or agency. Criteria for The Phoenix Awards focus on the magnitude of the project, innovative techniques, solutions to regulatory issues, and impact upon the community. A panel of environmental professionals and business and government leaders select the winners.
Affiliation/Sponsors:
The Phoenix Awards were created and are coordinated by Denise Chamberlain, a brownfields expert, and are affiliated with the Phoenix Awards Institute, Inc., an environmental and community service non-profit, located in Mechanicsburg, PA (Harrisburg area).
Public and private sector sponsors support the program, including Range Resources Corporation, ARCADIS, K&L Gates, Chesapeake Energy, Enrecon and Terracon.
To learn more information about The Phoenix Awards, visit http://www.phoenixawards.org/.
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